The Hell Creek Ranch

CHRIS MORROW
Chris advanced his college career by obtaining a masters degree in Business Administration. His career took a dramatic shift when he became interested in dinosaurs. He worked with the Shenandoah University from 1992-1998. He then became curator of the Discovery Museum in 1998. While he worked in this capacity he led the museums paleontological expedition to the Montanna Badlands, and discovered one of the largest and most complete Triceratops skulls ever found. He then worked with the museum for a year preparing this magnificent specimen. Chris has also worked with Phil Currie for a year, one of the worlds formost and respected dinosaur authorities. Chris is presently working on a five year project with Jack Horner, another world renouned Paleontologist (who just discoverd five trex skeletons), in locating and determing the types of dinosaurs present at the late Cretaceous Period in The Hell Creek Formation. He is also Curator of Paleontology of the Garfield County Museum in Jordan Montanna. Chris has also setup a permanent camp at the Hell Creek Ranch near Jordan, Montanna to further his own personal work as he advances towards his Doctarate Degree in Paleontology. Chris has also written numerous papers which have been published in The Society of Vetebrate Paleontology. He has also given lectures at the Field Museum in Chicago as well as The American Museum of Natural History in NewYork. Chris has a fantastic wife Hillary and a one year old son Orien who accompany him and work side by side with him at The Hell Creek Ranch Base Camp. Chris has accomplished all of this by the age of only 27 and is considered a BRIGHT UPCOMING STAR in the field of Paleontology, and is being watched closly as he grows and develops by Jack Horner. You can email Chris directly to arrange your own visit to The Hell Creek Ranch and participate in an actual dinosaur dig by clicking on the letter at the bottom of the page. Chris is offering the FIRST ever complete family dinosaur dig-SO FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR CHILDREN.I have personally found Chris to be a very honorable and dedicated person. Ron Buckley 1/01/2001

THE HELL CREEK RANCH EXPEDITION

Location
The Hell Creek Ranch is an actual working ranch which is reached by automobile or airplane to Billups Montanna. From Billups you either drive or take a bus to nearby Jordan Montanna. From here you can either be escorted or driven out to The Hell Creek Ranch by the staff.

MISSION STATEMET

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ACTIVITIES AT THE RANCH
The Hell Creek Ranch has numerous activities you and your family can engage in. Some of these are helping excavate, preperation of fossils, hiking, beautiful scenery for photography and yes there is a nice lake nearby to swim and showers and electricity.

EXPENSES
The expense for one week at the ranch is $650. This includes the use of a cabin and all meals. Day trips can also be arranged. The Hell Creek base camp will be open between May 19, 2001 and September 14, 2001. Further imformation can be obtained by clicking on the icon below which will take you directly to the home webpage or clicking on the envelope below to email Paleo-World with any question you might have.